Best Gaming Companies in North Holland, Netherlands
The 55 best Gaming companies in North Holland, Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Medal.
Our analysis of 180 Gaming companies
$26.0b in tracked funding; 90% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.
Ranked: Best Gaming companies in North Holland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medal Developer of a platform for recording, editing, and sharing game clips | $86M | 24 mo ago | Series C | Zaid Elnasser Co-Founder | 2015 | Turbopackstyled-componentsSentry+31 | — |
| 2 | Play Logic Games Online gaming platform | $19M | 219 mo ago | Deadpooled | Willem Smit CEO | 2002 | — | — |
| 3 | CoolGames Web game development company | $7M | 154 mo ago | Series A | Laurens Rutten Founder & CEO | 2009 | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — |
| 4 | Merit Circle Developer of metaverse PC based games | $4M | 55 mo ago | Seed | Marco Heuvel CEO | 2021 | — | — |
| 5 | Gaia Provider of NFT-based role-playing games for PC | $4M | 55 mo ago | Seed | Devair Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — |
| 6 | Bit Hotel Provider of blockchain-based social game for mobile devices | $3M | 54 mo ago | Funding Raised | Bram Hoogenkamp Co-Founder | 2021 | — | — |
| 7 | LOCGame Blockchain-based digital collectible card games developer | $1M | 62 mo ago | Seed | Mik Mironov Founder & CEO | 2021 | Webflow EcommerceWebflowAmazon Web Services+17 | — |
| 8 | Force Field Entertainment Developer of PC and console-based VR games | $1M | 108 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2015 | — | — |
| 9 | Lunagames Developer and publisher of casual games for mobile platforms | $515K | 156 mo ago | Seed | Richard Hazenberg Founder & CEO | 2003 | — | — |
| 10 | Stolen Couch Games Game development studio based in the Netherlands | $315K | 141 mo ago | Seed | Eric Diepeveen Founder & CEO | 2010 | — | — |
Top 12 Gaming companies in North Holland
#1
Series C · Naarden, North Holland · founded 2015 · 14 employees$85.5Mraised▾
Developer of a platform for recording, editing, and sharing game clips. The platform allows users to capture gameplay with a button press and share instantly. It supports automatic clipping for various games and allows importing clips from console systems. The platform offers editing tools, multi-track audio balancing, and customizable clip lengths.
- Jul 2024Series C$13M
- Dec 2021Series C$45M
- Dec 2021Series B$15M
- Sep 2019Series A$9M
#2
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2021$4.5Mraised▾
Developer of metaverse PC based games. The games include Star atlas and Lluvium, Hash rush, and Axie infinity. It is also developing a platform for different games in the metaverse.
- Dec 2021Seed—
- Nov 2021ICO$105.7M
- Oct 2021Seed$4.5M
#3
Seed · North Holland · founded 2021 · 1 employees$3.7Mraised▾
Provider of NFT-based role-playing games for PC. The game Gaia Everworld is the immersive, multi-region fantasy world in which players can build kingdoms, explore the lands, collect, breed and battle their Gaia Legionnaires. Users can earn rewards for playing in a "play to earn" model of gaming which has taken the crypto space.
- Dec 2021Grant (prize money)—
- Nov 2021ICO$4.6M
- Oct 2021Seed$3.7M
#4
Funding Raised · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2021$3.2Mraised▾
Provider of blockchain-based social game for mobile devices. Bit Hotel is an online social NFT game to connect wallets, play with friends and socialize while making money. Players can trade in-game assets and currencies. The game will be available for iOS, Android, and desktop.
- Dec 2021ICO$3.2M
#5
Deadpooled · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2002 · 106 employees$19.3Mraised▾
Play Logic is an online gaming platform. It allows users to play slot games, poker, and other games from multiple developers like IGT, Aristocrat, Bally technologies and more for real money. The games are also supported on mobile devices. Also has an in-house game development studio and also publishes games for other developers.
- Mar 2008PE$3M
- Mar 2008Conventional Debt$4M
- Nov 2007PE$12.3M
#6
Seed · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2021 · 14 employees$1.2Mraised▾
Blockchain-based digital collectible card games developer. The company has developed a game named Legends of Crypto. The game is available for Android, iOS, Windows, and other platforms.
- May 2021ICO$1.5M
- Apr 2021Seed$1.2M
#7
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2009 · 40 employees$7.3Mraised▾
Cool games (previously Booster Media) is a web game development company based in the Netherlands. It develops multiplayer casual and social games. Allows gamers to search and play the games based on the genres such as puzzle, sports, and arcade etc on the platform. Also provides white label solutions such as game portals for brands. It generates revenue through the display advertisements.
- Sep 2013Series A$5M
- Feb 2012Seed$2.3M
#8
Acquired · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2015 · 65 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Developer of PC and console-based VR games. It is a VR-based development studio that develops games with immersive experiences.
- Jul 2017Series A$1.1M
#9
Seed · Hoorn, North Holland · founded 2003 · 11 employees$514.6Kraised▾
Developer and publisher of casual games for mobile platforms. The studio develops games in multiple genres and also partners with 3rd party developers to publish their games. The studio has a portfolio of more than 25 games as of March 2016.
- Jul 2013Seed$514.6K
#10
Seed · Hilversum, North Holland · founded 2010$315Kraised▾
Stolen Couch Games is a game development studio based in the Netherlands. The studio focuses on the development of multi-platform casual games and has developed "Cast Away Paradise", which is a casual role-playing game for mobile, PC and console devices. The game is available on Google Play store, Apple store, and Steam. It generates revenue through the advertisements, in-app purchases, and paid games.
- Sep 2014Seed$315K
#11
Deadpooled · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2012$15Kraised▾
Geosophic is a location-based social feature provider for mobile game developers. It provides location-based social features for games like leaderboards, tournaments, and analytics. The company claims that this will help developers in player retention and monetize their games.
- Apr 2012Seed$15K
#12
Acquired · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2000 · 130 employees—raised▾
Spil Games is a Publisher of Casual Mobile and Web based games through the App Store, Google Play and their web portals. Since its inception the company was focused on their web portals for freemium online casual games - at the peak of this segment they had over 50 websites where people can play games online in 20 languages. In May 2014 the company restructured its strategy and operations to move from website to mobile and tablet games.
- Nov 2011Series A—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Gaming coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
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How research on Gaming Technology is moving in the Netherlands
A read on the academic research around Gaming Technology — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 36 Netherlands-affiliated papers.
- Delft University of Technology11
- University of Groningen4
- Utrecht University3
- Eindhoven University of Technology3
- Amsterdam University of the Arts3
- Rendering (computer graphics)13
- Computer graphics (images)10
- Computer vision4
- Real-time rendering4
- Visualization4
- Rendering (computer graphics)4→5
Where gaming tech is researched across Netherlands
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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